CDC now says that studies linking vaccines to autism have been ‘ignored’ by health authorities
A former scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called it 'decision-based evidence-making'.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its webpage on vaccines and autism to tell patients that “studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities”.
“The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism,” the public health agency now says.
Robert F Kennedy Jr — the former chair of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defence, who became US Health Secretary this year — told The New York Times he personally ordered the changes.
“The whole thing about ‘vaccines have been tested and there’s been this determination made’ is just a lie,” Mr Kennedy told the newspaper.
